By The Numbers: Marcus Almeida vs. Hugo Cunha
One Championship could not have stacked the deck any higher against Hugo Cunha.
The once-beaten Brazilian will toe the line against the heralded Marcus Almeida in a One Championship 157 heavyweight feature on Friday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Cunha enters his second assignment for the promotion with a 6-1 record. However, he finds himself on the rebound following a split decision loss to Dustin Joynson at One Championship “Bad Blood” on Feb. 11. Almeida, meanwhile, has touched off his mixed martial arts career with back-to-back victories. He last fought at One Championship “Winter Warriors,” where he submitted Ji Won Kang with a rear-naked choke 2:27 into the first round of their Dec. 3 pairing.
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32: Years of age for Almeida, who was born on Jan. 8, 1990 in Santos, Brazil.
2: Almeida victories by submission, accounting for
100% of his career total (two). His methods of choice: one
north-south choke and one rear-naked choke.
13: Gold medals for Almeida in the Mundials, making him one of the most decorated submission grapplers of all-time. He claimed two in 2012, two in 2013, two in 2014, two in 2016, two in 2017, one in 2018 and two in 2019.
.750: Cumulative winning percentage between the two opponents—Kang and Anderson "Braddock" Silva—that Almeida has beaten. They boast a combined record of 9-3.
29: Years of age for Cunha, who was born in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 4, 1993.
3: Cunha wins by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 50% of his career total. His complete list of victims: Marino Eatman, Junior Silva and Robson da Silva Santos. Cunha owns three other wins by submission.
100: Seconds needed for Cunha to put away the aforementioned Silva by TKO at Watch Out Combat Show 52 on Sept. 29, 2018. Having occurred more than three years ago, it remains his fastest finish to date.
5: Organizations in which Cunha has competed as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 3-0 in Watch Out Combat Show, 1-0 in Titan Fighting Championship, 1-0 in Future Fighting Championships, 1-0 in Open Fighting Championship and 0-1 in One Championship.
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